Savor Sacramento -- Published Feb. 26, 2009

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Feb 26, 2009 at 12:01 AM

Everest: Ways to tell you've arrived: One, Neil Young taps your band, along with Wilco, to open for a few national tour dates, and two, Young brings you up on stage to join him in singing "Rockin' in the Free World." It's no stretch to put this burgeoning Los Angeles band in front of Neil Young fans, with its Earthy brand of lyric driven Americana that most closely mirrors Young's post-Crazy Horse offerings and packs the same yearning vocals and jams that led listeners to the likes of Band of Horses; take the time see them in this small a venue while you can. 8 p.m. Monday. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St. $8. www.myspace.com/everest.

Everest: Ways to tell you've arrived: One, Neil Young taps your band, along with Wilco, to open for a few national tour dates, and two, Young brings you up on stage to join him in singing "Rockin' in the Free World." It's no stretch to put this burgeoning Los Angeles band in front of Neil Young fans, with its Earthy brand of lyric driven Americana that most closely mirrors Young's post-Crazy Horse offerings and packs the same yearning vocals and jams that led listeners to the likes of Band of Horses; take the time see them in this small a venue while you can. 8 p.m. Monday. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St. $8. www.myspace.com/everest.

Middle Class Rut: It's their first headlining hometown show in several months; these days, they've been a little busy across the pond. This breakneck guitar and drum duo has been blowing up huge in Europe behind the strength of singles such as "New Low" and "Busy Bein' Born" that are soldered with pummeling guitar loops, beefy drum licks and dual delayed vocals reminiscent of Rage Against the Machine, Jane's Addiciton and Tool. They're headed back to Europe soon, and local dates have been fewer and fewer with their overseas popularity, so don't mess around. Watchout! There's Ghosts will be there to help out, with Unarmed, Karate High School and Cawzlos. 8 p.m. Friday. The Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Lane, Orangevale. $12-$14. (916) 988-9247; www.myspace.com/middleclassrut.

Project Hideout: Keep your eyes on this funkified five-piece. Born out of a garage jam session among three musicians at a south Sacramento house party in 2007, the group has expanded to a quintet and is making some louder ripples on the local scene these days with its rollicking bass lines and teeth-rattling keys. They're joining a bill that includes the Kinetics and Friendly Creatures. 9 p.m. Saturday. Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St. $6. www.myspace.com/projecthideout.

Dave Attell: We all miss "Insomniac" (and the pipe dream that one day he might have done the man-about-town, up-all-night show in Stockton), but Dave Attell's raunchy brand of comedy for the misbehaved middle-aged is still a nationwide hit on the stand-up circuit. 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Punch Line, 2100 Arden Way. www.livenation.com.

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